Best PlacesHawaiian Ocean View, HI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hawaiian Ocean View, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hawaiian Ocean View ranks 47,784th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hawaiian Ocean View
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hawaiian Ocean View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hawaiian Ocean View ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 211 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
Where Hawaiian Ocean View ranks low
- Short commute67.7 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hawaiian Ocean View
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hawaiian Ocean View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $47,886, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hawaiian Ocean View's effective rate of 0.28%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hawaiian Ocean View
Hawaiian Ocean View runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hawaiian Ocean View.
Who works in Hawaiian Ocean View, and how
Work in Hawaiian Ocean View centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Hawaiian Ocean View
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Hawaiian Ocean View, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hawaiian Ocean View, month by month
Hawaiian Ocean View sees roughly 211 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 59 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 36. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 43° | 36° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 37° |
| July | 59° | 49° | 42° |
| October | 56° | 47° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Hawaiian Ocean View
The nearest airport, Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kahului, about 131 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hawaiian Ocean View
Schools across Hawaiian Ocean View average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Naalehu Elementary SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hawaiian Ocean View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hawaiian Ocean View measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hawaiian Ocean View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hawaiian Ocean View
Is Hawaiian Ocean View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hawaiian Ocean View ranks 47,784th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and clean air, and lowest on long commutes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hawaiian Ocean View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,203. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $47,886 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hawaiian Ocean View safe?
Hawaiian Ocean View is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
Compare Hawaiian Ocean View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hawaiian Ocean View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hawaiian Ocean View represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hawaiian Ocean View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hawaiian Ocean View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hawaiian Ocean View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hawaiian Ocean View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hawaiian Ocean View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hawaiian Ocean View detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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